Govt urged to address mental health services following review into deaths of 13 children

The body which reviews the deaths of children known to care services has urged the government to address the lack of adequate mental health services after outlining how it has been a factor in some of the cases it has reviewed.

The National Review Panel looked at 13 deaths of children known to care services in 2018 - a fall of nine compared to the figure for 2017 - but also looked at patterns among the 184 deaths it has reviewed since February 2010.